English Explanatory Dictionary

Stephen

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The first Christian martyr.
  2. A male given name from Ancient Greek.
  3. A female given name.
  4. A surname originating as a patronymic.
  5. A minor city in Marshall County, Minnesota, United States, named after George Stephen.

Pronunciation

/ˈstiːvən/ /ˈstɛfən/

Word forms

Stephen Steven

Etymology

From Latin Stephanus, from Ancient Greek Στέφανος (Stéphanos), from στέφανος (stéphanos, “crown, wreath”), from στέφω (stéphō, “to put round, to surround”). From *stegʷʰ- (“to enlace”) + -νος (-nos, suffix forming an adjective or noun) from Proto-Indo-European *-nós (suffix forming a verbal adjective from a verb stem).

Related words

Steen Steenie Stephanie Steve Stevie Kirkby Stephen

Derived words

Feast of Stephen Mount Stephen Saint Stephen Staggers stephening Stephens Stephenson Stephenville Stevenson St. Stephen St Stephen St Stephens St Stephens by Launceston Rural St. Stephen's Day

Translations

Albanian: Shtjefën Albanian: Shqefn Arabic: إِصْتِفَان Arabic: سْتِيفِن Armenian: Ստեփան Asturian: Esteban Azerbaijani: İstfan Azerbaijani: Stepan Breton: Stefan Bulgarian: Стефан Bulgarian: Сти́вън Catalan: Esteve Chinese Cantonese: 史提芬 Chinese Mandarin: 史蒂文 Chinese Mandarin: 斯蒂芬 Northern Min Chinese: 史蒂文 Czech: Štěpán Czech: Štefan Danish: Stefan Dutch: Steven Dutch: Stefan Esperanto: Stefano Esperanto: Stiven Faroese: Stefan Faroese: Steffan Finnish: Tapani Franco-Provençal: Etiève Franco-Provençal: Tièno Franco-Provençal: Ètièven French: Étienne French: Stéphane Galician: Estevo Georgian: სტეფანე German: Stefan German: Stephan German: Steffen Greek: Στέφανος Greek: Στίβεν Ancient Greek: Στέφανος Greenlandic: Steffeni Greenlandic: Stefani Greenlandic: Stiifaat Hawaiian: Kepano Hebrew: סטפן Hindi: स्टीवन Hungarian: István Icelandic: Stefán Ingrian: Stepana Inuktitut: ᔅᑏᕕᓐ Irish: Stiofán Irish: Steafán Italian: Stefano Japanese: スティーヴン Japanese: スティーブン Korean: 스티븐 Ladin: Stefi Latin: Stephanus Latvian: Stefans Ligurian: Stéva
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